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Hudson, Sally A. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1986
Describes children's views of the contexts surrounding their writing and examines five contextual factors: ownership, setting, audience, purpose, and genre.
Descriptors: Age Differences, Audiences, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education
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Spiegel, Dixie Lee; Fitzgerald, Jill – Research in the Teaching of English, 1990
Examines the relationship between cohesion and coherence in children's writing. Finds evidence of a relationship between cohesion and coherence, and reports that this relationship (1) varies according to text content; (2) does not vary according to quality of writing; and (3) does not vary according to the students' grade level. (KEH)
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Marshall, James D. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1987
Examines effects of three writing tasks on students' writing, writing processes, and later understanding of short stories. Results indicate that personal analytic and formal analytic writing were associated with significantly higher posttest scores on literature than restricted writing in the form of short answer questions. (SRT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Higher Education, Literary Criticism